Urban Agriculture

Professor  Marvin Montefrio

Students’ plot at Yale-NUS College
Photo Credit: Joshua Vargas

In this class, students learn the political economy and cultural politics of the urban food comments and will entail each student managing a small plot to produce food in the Yale-NUS urban farms. The syllabus is here, and a video describing the experience is here.

 

 

 

 

Lab in Psychology and Public Policy

Professor Jean Liu

Prof Liu’s Lab in Behavioral Insights (Psychology). In this class, students are given hands-on experience in the application of psychology to real-life policy questions. The course focuses on providing a brief overview of behavioral insights; steps involved in conducting a randomized controlled trial; and actual data collection, analysis, and reporting. Students work for specific clients that have policy questions that need addressing. The syllabus is here.

 

Museums and Libraries as Cultural Institutions of Memory

Professor Andrew Hui

Hui’s class on Museums and Libraries reflected on the evolution of museums and libraries in history, up to the modern times, to understand how they impact cultural memory. The class entailed visiting a number of libraries and exhibitions in Singapore throughout the semester, with the ultimate objective, in the final project, for the students to create their own theme exhibit for a museum or library or a small exhibit in the College Library walkway. The syllabus is here.

 

Field Research

Professor Eunice Tan

Survey of the Mangroves
Photo credit: Eunice Tan

 

Eunice Tan teaches a field research class to teach students how to develop and perform field-based studies in environmental research and ecology. Students are introduced to topics in environmental sciences, field research approaches, methods and techniques, sampling design, data analysis and interpretation during the semester. Students will then develop research questions and pursue them in small groups during an intensive 5-day field period directly during recess week. Student research projects will culminate in written and oral research reports modeled on scientific publications. The module proposal is here.

 

 

Singapore Biodiversity: Past, Present, and Future

Professor Eunice Tan and Anthony Medrano

Biodiversity class at Botanic Garden, Singapore
Photo Credit: Eunice Tan

Eunice Tan and Antony Medrano co-teach an interdisciplinary class entitled “Singapore Biodiversity: Past, Present, and Future”, to expose students to the multiple aspects of Singapore’s biodiversity, combining the rigor of scientific concepts and field methods with the wealth of historical perspectives and cultural analyses. While the module focuses on the past and present of Singapore’s natural world, it also highlights the role of environmental history and biodiversity research in addressing future environmental challenges. The syllabus is here

 

 

 

 

 

Animal Behaviour

Professor Philip Johns

Philips Johns’ Animal Behaviour class had students participate in a major, semester-long zoo-based assignment at the Wildlife Reserves of Singapore (WRS, the Singapore zoo) where they investigated the behavior of zoo animals (in this case, red pandas) and tried to assess the consequences of captivity on stereotyped behaviors. The explicit goal was for students to experience the full arc of research. Students shared their analysis with the WRS. The syllabus is here.